Growing Systems in an Emergent Organization

Abstract

The degree of organizational change is reaching a frenzied pace. Organizational change is currently driven by the rapid development of commercial technology, global markets and reengineered, quality-oriented organizations. This constant need to change gives rise to a recognition that human organizations in the current era are no longer stable, but are continuously adapting to their shifting environment. These organizations can be said to be in a state of constantly seeking stability, while never achieving it. Such organizations are said to be “emergent,” and include many of today’s commercial and government organizations.

Free and open source development practices in the game community

“…The requirements appear as after-the-fact assertions in private and public email discussion threads, ad hoc software artifacts (such as source code fragments included in a message), and site content updates that continually emerge. 4,11 More conventionally, requirements analysis, specification, and validation aren't performed as a necessary task that produces a mandated requirements deliverable. Instead, you find widespread practices that imply reading and sense-making of online content.…”

A New Paradigm for Adding Security into is Development Methods

“…Moreover, the existing approaches restrict the autonomy of developers to use the approaches they prefer. Finally, IS development methods are known to be emergent and evolving (Truex et al 1999): novel methods arise every now and then, and are modified by practitioners to fit different situations (Jaaksi, 1998). However, it is difficult to put forth one universal security method that will match every existing, forthcoming and unpredictable IS development methods and they permutations.…”

“…Fourthly, IS methods are known to be emergent (Truex et al, 1999). New methods spring up every now and then, and methods are never really executed in practice exactly the same way (Truex et al, 2000).…”

Understanding Requirements for Open Source Software

“…Subsequently, they are presented here as an unordered list since to do so otherwise would transform this analysis from empirically ground, interpretative descriptions into untested, hypothetical prescriptions (cf. 19], [21]). …”

“…Subsequently, our starting point is to investigate OSS practices in different communities from an ethnographic perspective [16], [20], [21]. We have chosen five different communities to study.…”